https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e Ethan Wechsler 6&7 en-us 2017-12-15 17:00:24 UTC 2026-03-23 05:07:30 UTC hello@padlet.com ewechsler1 https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/216558635 Harry Houdini was one of the most if not the most famous magician in the world, or more specifically, an escape artist. He was famous for his handcuffs and restraint escapes. He was able to escape from everything.]]> 2017-12-15 17:12:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/216558635 ewechsler1 https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/217548139 Ehrich Weiss was born on March 24th, 1874 in Budapest, Hungary. His father was a rabbi. His name was Samuel Weiss. Ehrich's mother's name was Cecilia Weiss. Ehrich tried to go to Texas when he was 12 to raise money for his family, but ended up in Kansas City, Missouri. Samuel Weiss died in 1892, when Harry was around 18 years old.]]> 2017-12-20 17:13:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/217548139 ewechsler1 https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/217748979 When Ehrich was still a kid he wasn't interested in magic yet, he was interested in acrobatics. In fact, he started a back yard circus where he did acrobatics. He called himself "The Prince Of Air".]]> 2017-12-21 16:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/217748979 ewechsler1 https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/217751741 When Ehrich started watching Robert Houdin (his favorite magician) he started to get interested in magic. When Ehrich became a magician, he made a name for himself. His family always called him "Ehrie" which sounded like "Harry" and, he added an i to his favorite magician's last name. Then... BOOM! Harry Houdini was born!]]> 2017-12-21 17:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/217751741 ewechsler1 https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/217753386 When Harry started magic, his partner was his older brother, Theo. He started with simple tricks until he found his passion... escapes!]]> 2017-12-21 17:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/217753386 ewechsler1 https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/217753853 In 1893, Harry met the love of his life, and married her. Her name was Beatrice Raymond, but everybody called her "Bess". She was pretty short, but luckily for her, so was Harry. Bess replaced Theo and that is when Harry started to move on to bigger magic, but most of all, escapes!]]> 2017-12-21 17:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/217753853 ewechsler1 https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/217877269 Once Harry realized he was good at escapes, he did it more and more. He used to go to different towns with Bess and went to their local police stations. He yelled at them to tie him up and cuff him with their best ropes and hand cuffs! Some thought he was a fraud or stupid. Some people thought he was crazy. So for them to prove Harry wrong, they did as he pleased. Harry would go into a locked cell with handcuffs on his hands and legs while Bess distracted them. 5 minutes later, he walked out without any cuffs on him like it was nothing. This is when he started to gain peoples attention.]]> 2017-12-22 16:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/217877269 ewechsler1 https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/217879709 A man named "Martin Beck" offered Harry to perform his magic in Vaudeville Houses. Vaudeville Houses were places people would go to watch entertainment like magicians, dancers, comedians singers, etc. He first got really famous in America but before that he did some stuff in Europe. This was the start to Harry Houdini's fame.]]> 2017-12-22 17:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/217879709 ewechsler1 https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/217892250 Harry Houdini was a competitive person. He always had to be keeping up with anybody in the spotlight. He did many things because of this. For example, he starred in a movie called "The Master Mystery". It was a serial. This meant it came out weekly or at least frequently. Every movie ended with a cliffhanger. Harry was also the first person to fly a plane in Australia.]]> 2017-12-22 20:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/217892250 ewechsler1 https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/217922030 Harry was friends with many people including Charlie Chaplin, etc. He was also friends with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (the author and creator of the world famous detective, Sherlock Holmes). Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his wife, were very much into spiritualism. Spiritualism is trying to contact ghosts and spirits (more or less). He and Harry were great friends so Harry didn't think much of it except for the fact that he thought it was sort of stupid and non realistic. Harry didn't care about it much until it spiraled out of control.]]> 2017-12-23 16:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/217922030 ewechsler1 https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/218368223  Harry's mother Cecilia, died on July 17, 1913 so it had been a hard few years. So Arthur and his wife said Harry can contact his mother so Harry agreed to see what would happen and was MAD when he realized it was a lie. He called Arthur a fraud, he was furious, etc. Then, just like that, a friendship was destroyed.]]> 2018-01-02 17:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/218368223 ewechsler1 https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/218369914 In October of 1926, Harry Houdini was preparing for show when a man, probably a fan, walked into his dressing room to meet Houdini. He talked to Harry a short while and at some point the man asked if it was true that a man could punch Harry in the stomach without him feeling pain. The truth was yes, Harry knew he could move his muscles to not feel pain. The man asked if he could try it and Harry agreed. This man punched Harry in the stomach while he wasn't ready, fracturing Harry's appendix. The stranger punched repeatedly while other people in the room screamed to get him to stop. He didn't stop until Harry said with a gasp of air "that is enough".]]> 2018-01-02 18:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/218369914 ewechsler1 https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/218422190 Later, Harry went on with his show until collapsing halfway through it. He went to the hospital to realize that his appendix was not only fractured, but infected. He was strong. He lasted days before sadly passing away on October 31, 1926 (Halloween) at age 52. His last words were " I'm tired of fighting... I can't fight anymore".]]> 2018-01-03 02:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/218422190 ewechsler1 https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/218422587 Magician Harry Houdini once said "What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes".]]> 2018-01-03 03:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/218422587 ewechsler1 https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/218422716 Harry Houdini is worthy of being remembered because, he was very advanced for his time and was, in my opinion, the best magician ever!]]> 2018-01-03 03:12:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ewechsler1/dn8u6p9nmd4e/wish/218422716